2022-Junior: Competed in 59 sets and 19 matches…Started in 13 matches…Was third on the team in blocks/set with 0.76 and fifth in total blocks with 45…Also tallied 64 kills (1.08 digs/set), 26 digs, and scored 95.5 points for the Redhawks…In conference play registered 13 kills, eight digs, and 12 blocks…Opened up the season with a season high in kills with nine against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (8/26) while also adding two digs and scoring ten points…Against North Dakota State (8/26) registered eighth kills and set a season high in blocks with five…Followed up that game with another five block game against Jackson State (8/27)...Posted eight kills, one service ace, and three blocks defeating Western Michigan (9/10), 3-1.
2021 – Sophomore (Game-by-Game)
Appeared in three sets over one match…Notched two kills, two digs and a block against UT Martin (9/29).
2020-21 – Freshman (Game-by-Game)
Played in two sets over two matches…Finished the campaign with two kills (1.00 kills/set), on a .333 hitting percentage…Made Redhawks debut at Belmont (2/21), finishing with a kill on her only swing…Also had a kill at Eastern Illinois (3/22)…Recipient of the 2020-21 Teammate of the Year award at SEMO’s end-of-the-year banquet.
Prep/Club
Played at Freeburg Community High School…Named to the First-Team All-Conference in 2019 as Freeburg was crowned Regional Champions…Earned First-Team All-Conference honors as a sophomore and a junior…Picked up Second-Team All-Area and All-State Honorable Mention laurels in 2018 while being named Freeburg's best offensive player…As a sophomore, selected as an All-Area Honorable Mention and Freeburg's most improved player…Selected to the All-Tournament Team at the Monster Mash, Edwardsville, and Quincy tournaments…Pegged the 2019 Quincy Tournament most valuable player…Helped Freeburg win the Mascoutah Tournament and Freeburg Monster Mash Tournament Championships in 2018 as well as the Quincy Tournament in 2019…Coached by Brooke Kloess at Freeburg…Competed for Illinois High Performance STL which has advanced to Nationals in 15's, 16's and 17's…Played basketball, softball and was a member of the track and field team…Member of the National Honor Society and been named to the High Honor Roll…Graduated from Freeburg Community in 2020.
Personal
Born on January 18, 2002…Daughter of Mike and Michelle Smith…Her brother, Michael Smith, was a defensive lineman on the McKendree University football team…Majoring in Health Sciences: General Health Sciences at SEMO.
